hurxthal and john lee



HURXTHAL a. LEE.'

Gate.

No. 30.223. l Patented om. 2. 1860.

fyW/Zbm UNITED STATES PATENT OEETCE.

C. B. HURXTHAL AND JOHN LEE, OF BOLIVAR, OHIO.

GATE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 30,223, dated October 2, 1860.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that we, CHARLES HURXTHAL and JOHN LEE, of Bolivar,Tuscarawas county, in the State of Chio, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Self-Acting Gates; and we do hereby declare thatthe following is a full and eXact description thereof, reference beinghad to l the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

Tn the drawings: Figure is a perspective view of the gate as it appearswhen closedthe red lines showing it when opened, or raised. Fig. 2 is aside view of the gate, half raised.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use our invention, wewill describe its construction and operation.

In the drawings, similar characters refer to like parts.

A and A are the gate-posts. B the back slatto which the horizontal slatsC are attached. C the horizontal slat, operated by spring a, and actingas a bolt or catch for fastening the gate. D the front and middleinclined slats. lt will be seen that the upper slat C extends out beyondthe back-slot B a distance equal to the height of the gate, and is madeof heavier timber than the other slats. a balance weight hung to theouter end of upper rail C. This weight is hung in such a manner asprevents the gate from opening violently, and enables it to start backeasily. This weight is oblong in shape, having its point of supportnearer one end than the other. By this arrangement, the effect of theweight in balancing the gate is greatest at the time the gate begins torise, and decreases as it is completely raised.

c are wire rods attached to latch-Slat C and operating levers E, andalso serve as braces to prevent sagging of the gate. E operating levers.l? the main pivot upon which the gate swings. This pivot is secured toupper slat C, and has its yournal box or bearings in the main gate postA. On its ends are hooks or eyes Z so that it can be readily attached tothe levers E.

e are short arms on operating levers E, and have the latch-rods cattached to them. l

f', arms of levers E which the hand grasps l and eleva-tes or depressesin opening or closing the gate.

g is a small wire or cord depending from arms to be pulled for closingthe gate, if it should be inconvenient to reach up to the arm j.V Gr thelever-posts, at such distance from the gate, that it can be opened byone seated in a passing carriage.

The inclined back slat B is secured to the main-post A. The horizontalslats C are attached by bolts to slats B and D, working loosely uponsaid bolts so as to readily fold up. The latch-Slat C is slotted so thatit can slide laterally upon its bolts, as is re-l quired in bolting andunbolting the gate.

Tn operating our invention, as one approaches the gate in his carriage,he extends his hand, and grasping handle f throws it up by the exertionof a few pounds of power; as this crank arm or lever f goes up, arms eat the other end of the operating lever E operate rods c, therebyunlatching the gate by sliding back the latch-Slat C; at the same time,operating lever E, by its attachment to main pivot F throws up thebalance gate the slats of which fold up, and assume a vertical positionas indicated by red lines in Fig. 1. In this position the gate wouldremain until depressed or closed. The carriage now goes through thegate; as it comes to the other lever-post G, the driver extends hishand, and grasps the crankhandle f, or the depending rod g, and bydepressing it, completely reverses the process of opening the gate, andcloses it firmly,l throwing latch-Slat C into its mortise.

Having thus fully described the construction and operation of ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The arrangement of the inclined standard B, slats C, and C', spring a,levers E, and fixed bearing F and weight l) the whole operating as setforth.

c. B. HURXTHAL. JOHN LEE.

Witnesses:

CHRISTIAN ZIMMERMAN, JOHN Gr. Boor, CHAs. B. BURGH, Jos. C. CLAYTON.

